Our energy future introduction to renewable energy and biofuels

Our Energy Future is an introductory textbook for the study of energy production, alternative and renewable fuels, and ways to build a sustainable energy future. Jones and Mayfield explore the creation and history of fossil fuels, their impact on the environment, and how they have become critical to...

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Main Authors Jones, Carla S, Mayfield, Stephen P
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Berkeley University of California Press 2016
Edition1
Subjects
Biomass energy
Environmental aspects
Fossil fuels
General Science
History
Renewable energy sources
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Table of Contents:
  • Our energy future : introduction to renewable energy and biofuels -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Chapter One: Overview of Energy Usage in the United States and the World -- Chapter Two: Why Fossil Fuels Energize Our Society -- Chapter Three: The Impact of Energy Usage on Climate Change -- Chapter Four: Methods for Reducing Our Fossil Fuel Usage: Renewable Energy Sources and Uses -- Chapter Five: Linking Food and Fuel: The Impact of Industrial Agriculture -- Chapter Six: The Past and Present of Bioethanol: Corn, Sugarcane, and Cellulosics -- Chapter Seven: Biofuels from Fats and Oils: Biodiesel -- Chapter Eight: Gaseous Biofuels: Biogas and Biohydrogen -- Chapter Nine: Aquatic Versatility for Biofuels: Cyanobacteria, Diatoms, and Algae -- Chapter Ten: Biochemistry and Biotechnology for Biofuels Development -- Chapter Eleven: Thermochemical Conversion Technologies -- Chapter Twelve: Environmental Impacts of Biofuels: Water, Land, and Nutrients -- Chapter Thirteen: Life Cycle Assessments for Evaluating Biofuels Production -- Chapter Fourteen: Economics and Politics of Biofuels -- Chapter Fifteen: Our Energy Future: The Prospects for Developing and Using Sustainable Biofuels -- Vocabulary -- References -- Index.
  • Front Matter Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PREFACE CHAPTER ONE: Overview of Energy Usage in the United States and the World CHAPTER TWO: Why Fossil Fuels Energize Our Society CHAPTER THREE: The Impact of Energy Usage on Climate Change CHAPTER FOUR: Methods for Reducing Our Fossil Fuel Usage: CHAPTER FIVE: Linking Food and Fuel: CHAPTER SIX: The Past and Present of Bioethanol: CHAPTER SEVEN: Biofuels from Fats and Oils: CHAPTER EIGHT: Gaseous Biofuels: CHAPTER NINE: Aquatic Versatility for Biofuels: CHAPTER TEN: Biochemistry and Biotechnology for Biofuels Development CHAPTER ELEVEN: Thermochemical Conversion Technologies CHAPTER TWELVE: Environmental Impacts of Biofuels: CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Life Cycle Assessments for Evaluating Biofuels Production CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Economics and Politics of Biofuels CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Our Energy Future: VOCABULARY REFERENCES INDEX
  • 11 Thermochemical Conversion Technologies -- Introduction to Thermochemical Processing -- Primary Conversion Technologies -- Future of Thermochemical Technologies -- Study Questions -- 12 Environmental Impacts of Biofuels: Water, Land, and Nutrients -- Biofuels and the Environment -- Carbon Neutrality and Biofuels -- Land Use Changes -- Importance of Water on Earth -- Balancing Water Stress and Biofuels Production -- Biofuels, Agriculture, and the Water Supply -- Nutrients, Fertilizers, and Water Quality -- Nutrient Recycling and the Future of Biofuels -- Study Questions -- 13 Life Cycle Assessments for Evaluating Biofuels Production -- Why Do We Need Life Cycle Assessments? -- Types of Life Cycle Assessments -- The Basis of a Life Cycle Assessment -- Importance of LCAs for Biofuels -- Study Questions -- 14 Economics and Politics of Biofuels -- Economics of Energy -- Policy and Politics of Biofuels -- Study Questions -- 15 Our Energy Future: The Prospects for Developing and Using Sustainable Biofuels -- Energy Prospects for the Future -- Renewing Our Energy Future -- VOCABULARY -- REFERENCES -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y
  • Ethanol as a Fuel Source Today -- Ethanol Production -- The Ethanol Dilemma in the United States -- Cellulosic Ethanol as a Fuel Source -- Biomass Sources for Cellulosic Ethanol -- Generating Cellulosic Ethanol -- The Future of Cellulosic Ethanol as a Fuel Source -- Future of Bioethanol -- Study Questions -- 7 Biofuels from Fats and Oils: Biodiesel -- History of Biodiesel -- Plant Reproduction Generates Biodiesel -- Introduction to Plant Biochemistry -- Biodiesel Production -- Fuel Properties of Biodiesel -- First-Generation Biodiesel Feedstocks -- Alternative Biodiesel Feedstocks -- Oil Palm for Biodiesel Production -- Jatropha for Biodiesel Production -- Environmental and Economic Impacts of Biodiesel -- The Future of Biodiesel -- Study Questions -- 8 Gaseous Biofuels: Biogas and Biohydrogen -- Production and Use of Biogas -- Anaerobic Digestion for Methane Production -- Commercial-Scale Biogas Production -- Landfills and Biogas Production -- Biogas in the Future -- Hydrogen Production and Use -- Fermentative Biohydrogen Production -- Photolysis and Biohydrogen Production -- Biogas and Biohydrogen in the Future -- Study Questions -- 9 Aquatic Versatility for Biofuels: Cyanobacteria, Diatoms, and Algae -- Introduction to Aquatic Biomass -- Why Biofuels from Aquatic Biomass? -- Aquatic Biomass Sources and Biofuels -- Cyanobacteria -- Diatoms -- True Algae -- Algae Biofuel Production -- Benefits and Challenges to Algae Fuel -- Study Questions -- 10 Biochemistry and Biotechnology for Biofuels Development -- Biotechnology and Biofuels -- Taking What Nature Offers: Bioprospecting -- Value of Metabolic Engineering -- Introduction to Genetic Cloning for Metabolic Engineering -- Metabolic Engineering for the Production of Biofuels -- "Omics": Advancing Bioenergy through Unseen Organisms -- The Future of Biotechnology in Biofuels -- Study Questions
  • Cover -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 Overview of Energy Usage in the United States and the World -- Understanding Energy -- Energy, Population, and Standard of Living -- Energy Resources Today -- The Future of Electricity and Transportation -- The Future of Petroleum -- Study Questions -- 2 Why Fossil Fuels Energize Our Society -- Fossil Fuel Energy -- Lipids: Another Fuel Source -- Formation of Fossil Fuels -- Transitioning to a Fossil Fuel-based Society -- Coal: Powering an Electric Society -- Natural Gas: A Cleaner Fossil Fuel -- Black Gold to Gasoline: Transportation's Dependence on Petroleum -- Study Questions -- 3 The Impact of Energy Usage on Climate Change -- Atmospheric Control of Earth's Energy Budget -- Greenhouse Gases and their Role in Radiative Forcing -- Carbon Dioxide Dominates the Greenhouse Gases -- Carbon Dioxide and Global Warming -- Global Indicators of Climate Change -- Changing the Future -- Study Questions -- 4 Methods for Reducing Our Fossil Fuel Usage: Renewable Energy Sources and Uses -- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Resources for the Future -- Nuclear Energy: An Alternative Energy Resource, but Is It Really Renewable? -- Geothermal Energy -- Solar Energy -- Wind Energy -- Hydropower -- Ocean Energy -- Biomass -- Renewable Energy Utilization -- Study Questions -- 5 Linking Food and Fuel: The Impact of Industrial Agriculture -- Chemical Energy: Linking Food and Fuel -- The Agricultural Revolution -- Industrial Agriculture: Advancing Agriculture with Fossil Fuels -- The Green Revolution -- Food Production, Processing, and Transportation -- Balancing Food and Fuel -- A Sustainable Agricultural Future -- Study Questions -- 6 The Past and Present of Bioethanol: Corn, Sugarcane, and Cellulosics -- Introduction to Photosynthesis -- Introduction to Biofuels -- Ethanol's History in Recreation and Energy